Henleaze Swimming Club

Analysis

Henleaze Swimming Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07011983). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Henleaze Swimming Club reported income of £753k and spending of £699k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £260k to £753k (+190%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Henleaze Swimming Club sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include HWHC Limited (£749k), The Worcester Citizens Swimming Bath Association (£760k) and Docklands Sailing Centre Trust (£739k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, trading 1.6% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,000. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £705k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.